List of ministers of foreign affairs of Turkey

This is a list of ministers of foreign affairs of Turkey.

List

The position of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey was established in 1920, during the Turkish War of Independence.

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Political party
			Took office	Left office	Term
1	File:Bekir Sami Bey Kunduh.jpg	Bekir Sami Kunduh (1867–1933)	3 May 1920	8 May 1921	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Independent
2	File:Ahmet Muhtar Bey Mollaoğlu.jpg	Ahmet Muhtar Mollaoğlu (1870–1934)	8 May 1921	16 May 1921	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Independent
3	File:Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk.jpg	Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk (1878–1969)	16 May 1921	25 October 1922	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Independent
4	File:Inonu Ismet (cropped).jpg	İsmet İnönü (1884–1973)	25 October 1922	22 November 1924	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Republican People's Party
5	File:Mehmet Şükrü Kaya.jpg	Şükrü Kaya (1883–1959)	22 November 1924	3 March 1925	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Republican People's Party
6	File:Ahmet Tevfik Rüştü Aras.jpg	Tevfik Rüştü Aras (1883–1972)	3 March 1925	11 November 1938	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Republican People's Party
7	File:Mehmet Şükrü Saracoğlu.jpg	Şükrü Saracoğlu (1887–1953)	11 November 1938	14 August 1942	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Republican People's Party
8	File:Hüseyin Nuğman Kemal Menemencioğlu.jpg	Numan Menemencioğlu (1893–1958)	14 August 1942	16 June 1944	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Republican People's Party
(7)	File:Mehmet Şükrü Saracoğlu.jpg	Şükrü Saracoğlu (1887–1953)	16 June 1944	13 September 1944	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Republican People's Party
9	File:Hasan Hüsnü Saka.jpg	Hasan Saka (1885–1960)	13 September 1944	10 September 1947	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Republican People's Party
10	File:Necmettin Sadık Bey.jpg	Necmettin Sadak (1890–1953)	10 September 1947	22 May 1950	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Republican People's Party
11	File:Mehmet Fuat Köprülü.jpg	Mehmet Fuat Köprülü (1890–1966)	22 May 1950	15 April 1955	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Democrat Party
12	File:Adnan Menderes VI. Yasama Dönemi.jpg	Adnan Menderes (1899–1961)	15 April 1955	27 July 1955	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Democrat Party
—	File:Fatin Rüştü Zorlu.jpg	Fatin Rüştü Zorlu (1910–1961) Acting Minister	27 July 1955	9 December 1955	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Democrat Party
(11)	File:Mehmet Fuat Köprülü.jpg	Mehmet Fuat Köprülü (1890–1966)	9 December 1955	20 June 1956	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Democrat Party
—	File:İbrahim Ethem Menderes.jpg	Ethem Menderes (1899–1992) Acting Minister	20 June 1956	25 November 1957	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Democrat Party
13	File:Fatin Rüştü Zorlu.jpg	Fatin Rüştü Zorlu (1910–1961)	25 November 1957	27 May 1960	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Democrat Party
14	File:Selim sarper.jpg	Selim Sarper (1899–1968)	30 May 1960	26 March 1962	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Independent
15	File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F017259-0001, Bonn, Empfang für Außenminister der Türkei erkin.jpg	Feridun Cemal Erkin (1899–1980)	26 March 1962	20 February 1965	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Justice Party
16	File:Hasan Esat Işık.jpg	Hasan Esat Işık (1916–1989)	20 February 1965	27 October 1965	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Independent
17	File:Ihsan Sabri Caglayangil (1968).jpg	İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil (1908–1993)	27 October 1965	26 March 1971	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Justice Party
18	File:No image.png	Osman Esim Olcay (1924–2010)	26 March 1971	11 December 1971	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Independent
19	File:Haluk Bayülgen (1972).jpg	Ümit Haluk Bayülken (1921–2007)	11 December 1971	26 January 1974	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Independent
20	File:No image.png	Turan Güneş (1922–1982)	26 January 1974	17 November 1974	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Republican People's Party
21	File:No image.png	Melih Esenbel (1915–1995)	17 November 1974	31 March 1975	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Independent
(17)	File:Ihsan Sabri Caglayangil (1968).jpg	İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil (1908–1993)	31 March 1975	21 June 1977	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Justice Party
22	File:Ahmet Gündüz Ökçün (cropped).jpg	Ahmet Gündüz Ökçün (1935–1986)	21 June 1977	21 July 1977	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Republican People's Party
(17)	File:Ihsan Sabri Caglayangil (1968).jpg	İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil (1908–1993)	21 July 1977	5 January 1978	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Justice Party
(22)	File:Ahmet Gündüz Ökçün (cropped).jpg	Ahmet Gündüz Ökçün (1935–1986)	5 January 1978	12 November 1979	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Republican People's Party
23	File:Hayrettin Erkmen.jpg	Hayrettin Erkmen (1915–1999)	12 November 1979	5 September 1980	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Justice Party
—	File:No image.png	Ertuğrul Ekrem Ceyhun (1927–2017) Acting Minister	5 September 1980	12 September 1980	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Justice Party
24	File:İlter Türkmen in 1980.jpg	İlter Türkmen (1927–2022)	20 September 1980	13 December 1983	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Independent
25	File:Vahit Melih Halefoglu (cropped).jpg	Vahit Melih Halefoğlu (1919–2017)	13 December 1983	21 December 1987	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Motherland Party
26	File:Mesut Yılmaz as Foreign Minister.jpg	Mesut Yılmaz (1947–2020)	21 December 1987	21 February 1990	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Motherland Party
27	File:Ali Bozer (cropped).jpg	Ali Bozer (1925–2020)	21 February 1990	12 October 1990	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Motherland Party
28	File:No image.png	Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin (born 1940)	13 October 1990	23 June 1991	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Motherland Party
29	File:Ismail Safa Giray signing financial agreements (cropped).jpg	Safa Giray (1931–2011)	23 June 1991	20 November 1991	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Motherland Party
30	File:Hikmet Çetin (cropped).jpg	Hikmet Çetin (born 1937)	21 November 1991	27 July 1994	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Social Democratic People's Party
31	File:No image.png	Mümtaz Soysal (1929–2019)	27 July 1994	28 November 1994	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Social Democratic People's Party
32	File:Murat Karayalçın (cropped).jpg	Murat Karayalçın (born 1943)	12 December 1994	27 March 1995	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Social Democratic People's Party
33	File:Erdal İnönü (1941) (cropped).jpg	Erdal İnönü (1926–2007)	27 March 1995	5 October 1995	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Republican People's Party
34	File:No image.png	Coşkun Kırca (1927–2005)	5 October 1995	30 October 1995	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color" |	True Path Party
35	File:Deniz Baykal headshot.jpg	Deniz Baykal (1938–2023)	30 October 1995	6 March 1996	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Republican People's Party
36	File:No image.png	Emre Gönensay (born 1937)	6 March 1996	28 June 1996	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color" |	True Path Party
37	File:Turkish prime minister Tansu Çiller in Brussels.jpg	Tansu Çiller (born 1946)	28 June 1996	30 June 1997	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color" |	True Path Party
38	File:Ismail cem (cropped)2.jpg	İsmail Cem (1940–2007)	30 June 1997	12 July 2002	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Democratic Left Party
39	File:Şükrü Sina Gürel, 2002 (cropped).jpg	Şükrü Sina Gürel (born 1950)	12 July 2002	18 November 2002	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Democratic Left Party
40	File:Yaşar Yakış.jpg	Yaşar Yakış (1938–2024)	18 November 2002	14 March 2003	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Justice and Development Party
41	File:Abdullah Gül Senate of Poland (cropped).JPG	Abdullah Gül (born 1950)	14 March 2003	29 August 2007	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Justice and Development Party
42	File:Ali Babacan - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012 crop.jpg	Ali Babacan (born 1967)	29 August 2007	1 May 2009	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Justice and Development Party
43	File:Secretary Kerry Meets With Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu (2) (cropped).jpg	Ahmet Davutoğlu (born 1959)	1 May 2009	29 August 2014	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Justice and Development Party
44	File:Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (cropped).jpg	Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (born 1968)	29 August 2014	28 August 2015	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Justice and Development Party
45	File:Feridun Sinirlioglu December 2014 (16033355251).jpg	Feridun Sinirlioğlu (born 1956)	28 August 2015	24 November 2015	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Independent
(44)	File:Mevlut Cavusoglu portrait.jpg	Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (born 1968)	24 November 2015	4 June 2023	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Justice and Development Party
46	File:Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan at the United States Department of State in Washington, D.C. on 8 December 2023 - (cropped photo).jpg	Hakan Fidan (born 1968)	4 June 2023	Incumbent	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Justice and Development Party

List of ministers of foreign affairs by time in office

File:Ahmet Tevfik Rüştü Aras.jpg

13 years, 253 days
Tevfik Rüştü Aras from 1925 to 1938

File:Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (cropped).jpg

8 years, 192 days
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu from 2014 to 2015,
from 2015 to 2023

File:Ihsan Sabri Caglayangil (1968).jpg

8 years, 35 days
İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil
from 1965 to 1971,
from 1975 to 1977
and from 1977 to 1978

This is a list of Turkish ministers of foreign affairs by time in office. This is based on the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater. Tevfik Rüştü Aras is the only person to have served as Minister of Foreign Affairs for more than ten years.

No. in office	Secretary	Length of service	Rank
6			1
44			2
17			3
43			4
11			5
38			6
41			7
25			8
7			9
24			10
9			11
15			12
13			13
10			14
30			15
26			16
19			17
4			18
22			19
8			20
14			21
42			22
3			23
1			24
37			25
46			26
23			27
20			28
18			29
28			30
16			31
27			32
33			33
29			34
21			35
39			36
35			37
31			38
40			39
36			40
32			41
12			42
5			43
45			44
34			45
2			45